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Kākāpō Files II 18 | Good Kākāpō Things Take Time
Season 7 Episode 18
Six months after this record-breaking kākāpō breeding season began, all 91 living chicks have fledged and left the nest. The chicks remain with their…
1 day, 14 hours ago
Kākāpō Files II 17 | Kākāpō Adoption Birds
Season 7 Episode 17
Half of the chicks from this record-breaking kākāpō breeding season have fledged and left their nests for good, but are still being fed by their mums…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Kākāpō Files II 16 | Kākāpō Chicks Growing Up
Season 7 Episode 16
The tally of confirmed living kākāpō chicks goes down with two further deaths, but gets a welcome boost with the confirmation of a living chick in a …
1 month, 1 week ago
Kākāpō Files II 15 | Kākāpō Island Diary
Season 7 Episode 15
Alison Ballance spends a week on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, one of three kākāpō breeding islands. She follows rangers from DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Prog…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Kākāpō Files II 14 | Biggest Kākāpō Breeding Season
Season 7 Episode 14
DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme says that the 2026 kākāpō breeding season is officially the biggest on record, and that all chicks have now hatched. …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Kākāpō Files II 13 | Kākāpō Birth Notices
Season 7 Episode 13
DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme is thrilled to announce the births of 101 kākāpō chicks, with a few more fertile eggs expected to hatch over the next…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Kākāpō Files II 12 | Lots of Kākāpō Babies
Season 7 Episode 12
The number of kākāpō chicks has climbed to 54, with plenty more fertile eggs still to hatch on Whenua Hou and Pukenui/Anchor Island. Remote monitorin…
3 months, 1 week ago
Kākāpō Files II 11 | Kākāpō Baby Boom
Season 7 Episode 11
Fourteen kākāpō chicks have hatched in wild nests, where they are being cared for by mums and foster mums. More than a hundred viable fertile eggs ha…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Kākāpō Files II 10 | The First Chick
Season 7 Episode 10
The first chick of the 2026 kākāpō breeding season has successfully hatched on Pukenui/Anchor Island. DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme reports that Ti…
4 months ago
Kākāpō Files II 09 | Nesting Time
Season 7 Episode 9
Almost 90% of adult female kākāpō of breeding age have mated so far this breeding season, and two thirds of those are nesting. Some birds have alread…
4 months, 1 week ago